
About
Jonathan Miller
Overview
Sir Jonathan Wolfe Miller CBE (21 July 1934 – 27 November 2019) was an English theatre and opera director, actor, author, television presenter, humourist and physician. After training in medicine and specialising in neurology in the late 1950s, he came to prominence in the early 1960s in the comedy revue Beyond the Fringe with Peter Cook, Dudley Moore and Alan Bennett.
Miller began directing operas in the 1970s. His 1982 production of a "Mafia"-styled Rigoletto was set in 1950s Little Italy, Manhattan. In its early days, he was an associate director at the National Theatre. He later ran the Old Vic Theatre. As a writer and presenter of more than a dozen BBC documentaries, Miller became a television personality and public intellectual in Britain and the United States.
Known for
Acting |
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2011 | Discovering Hamlet | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2010 | The Weird World of Eadweard Muybridge | Actor | N/A N/A |
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2009 | Ghosts in the Machine | Actor | Himself | N/A N/A |
2004 | Atheism: A Rough History of Disbelief | Actor | Self - Host | 70 Good |
2002 | Christopher Plummer: A Man For All Stages | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2002 | Peter Cook: At a Slight Angle to the Universe | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
1995 | Some Interesting Facts About Peter Cook | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
1987 | The English National Opera Rehearse The Mikado | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
1983 | States of Mind | Actor | Self - Presenter | N/A N/A |
1978 | The Body in Question | Actor | 70 Good |
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1976 | The Secret Policeman's Ball | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
1971 | West Side Stories | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1969 | The Zoo in Winter | Actor | 59 Average |
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1965 | One Way Pendulum | Actor | Kirby | 59 Average |
1964 | Beyond the Fringe | Actor | Various Characters | 59 Average |
Directing |
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2020 | Così fan tutte - ROH | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2019 | The Mikado | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2005 | La Clemenza di Tito | Directing | Stage Director | N/A N/A |
2004 | Nabucco | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2002 | Tamerlano | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1998 | Le Nozze di Figaro | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1991 | La Fanciulla Del West | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1989 | Dialogue in the Dark | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1988 | Candide | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
1987 | Long Day's Journey Into Night | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
1987 | The Mikado | Directing | Stage Director | N/A N/A |
1986 | Prisoner of Consciousness | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1983 | The Beggar's Opera | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1982 | King Lear | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
1981 | Troilus & Cressida | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
1981 | Othello | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
1981 | Antony & Cleopatra | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
1981 | Timon of Athens | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
1980 | The Taming of the Shrew | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
1976 | Pleasure at Her Majesty's | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
1975 | King Lear | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1973 | The Merchant of Venice | Directing | Stage Director | 58 Average |
1970 | Take a Girl Like You | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
1968 | Whistle and I'll Come to You | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
1966 | Alice in Wonderland | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
1965 | The Drinking Party | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
Writing |
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1969 | The Zoo in Winter | Writing | Writer | 59 Average |
1968 | Whistle and I'll Come to You | Writing | Writer | 59 Average |
1966 | Alice in Wonderland | Writing | Teleplay | 59 Average |
1965 | The Drinking Party | Writing | Writer | N/A N/A |
1964 | Beyond the Fringe | Writing | Writer | 59 Average |
Production |
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1987 | The Mikado | Production | Producer | N/A N/A |
1981 | Othello | Production | Producer | 58 Average |
1981 | Antony & Cleopatra | Production | Producer | 59 Average |
1981 | The Winter's Tale | Production | Producer | 59 Average |
1968 | Whistle and I'll Come to You | Production | Producer | 59 Average |
1966 | Alice in Wonderland | Production | Producer | 59 Average |
1965 | The Drinking Party | Production | Producer | N/A N/A |